Dell Acceleration Appliances for Databases- User Manual

OVERVIEW SCREEN After login, the Overview screen appears. (The Capacity section displays “No Storage Pool” until a storage pool has been configured.) The two basic areas are the Tabs bar (at the top) and the Overview screen (the main portion of the Overview tab), each described in this section. The ...

TABS BAR The Tabs bar appears at the top of the Overview screen: The Overview , Configuration , Alerts , and Settings tabs help you manage your ION Accelerator appliance. These tabs are each described in later sections in this guide. Additionally, there are Admin | Logout | Help links that are descr...

3. Fill in the “Old password”, “New password”, and “Confirm new password” fields. 4. Click Save Changes to update the admin password. Logout To log out from the ION Accelerator, click Logout in the upper-right corner of the menu bar. Legal Information To display information about Fusion-io trademark...

OVERVIEW SCREEN DETAILS The Overview screen is divided into the Summary, Slot, and Performance areas. Summary Area A sample Summary area is shown below. • Summary – Shows the host name of the appliance (or cluster name, if in HA mode), the IP address of the server hosting ION Accelerator (or the clu...

Host tabs (HA only) – Click a tab to display the slot configuration for the selected host. On a tab, you can click the Details link to display the Host Configuration screen. • Slot Usage – ioMemory devices or network fabric cards are indicated for each slot. The status light in the slot icon indicat...

1. In the Show Performance drop-down list, select the node whose performance you want to monitor (multiple nodes are shown for HA). If a cluster exists, select it (first figure below) or one of its nodes (second figure). By default, Data (bandwidth, or GB/sec) performance statistics are displayed. T...

For more information on interpreting ION Accelerator performance statistics, see Monitoring ION Accelerator Performance . UPDATING SOFTWARE Software updates can also be done using the Command-Line Interface (CLI). For details, see Quick Start Tasks: Software Update in the ION Accelerator Appliance C...

If this appliance is a secondary node connected to a cluster IP address, the browser will be redirected to the master node. For example: In any case, the node other than the one you are connected to will be updated first (if you are connected to the master node, the secondary node updates first, and...

HANDLING CONNECTION LOSS If the network connection to an ION Accelerator host server is lost, the software automatically attempts to reconnect to it, as shown in the following dialog. When you upgrade the ION Accelerator software on Node 1 of an HA cluster, that connection will be lost and will need...

Setting up Storage _____________________________________________________________________ Setting up a storage pool is required before you can create volumes for data. You can do this either through the GUI (as explained below) or with the CLI (see Quick Start Tasks: Management in the About the Comma...

• Reliable Capacity – C apacity is emphasized over performance and fault tolerance, employing a RAID 5 configuration. A single ioDrive failure can be sustained without loss of data, and read performance is better than write performance. At least three ioDrive devices are required, and they must all ...

CREATING A STORAGE POOL In the Storage Pools screen (Configuration tab, Storage Pools link at the left), one or more storage pools can be set up from the raw ioMemory drives. The initial Storage Pools screen is shown below. You can adjust the width of any column by dragging the divider bar of the ad...

1. Type a name for the storage pool in the Name field. (For Direct Access, the name defaults to “storagepool- n ”, depending on the number of existing pools.) 2. Select a storage profile type: Maximum Performance, Reliable Performance, Reliable Capacity, or Direct Access. Click the More Details link...

5. Select the ioDrives you want to include in the new storage pool. (If you want to return to the original drive selection, click the Use Default Selection link that has replaced the Change Selection link.) 6. Click Add to create the storage pool. When you have decided on the type of storage profile...

• Volumes – Number of volumes currently belonging to this storage pool. To view the volume(s), click the link in this column. See the Configuring Volumes section for details. • Delete – You can delete a storage pool only when all volumes have first been deleted from it. Click the red icon to mark th...

Configuring Volumes _____________________________________________________________________ VOLUME INFORMATION To configure volumes in an existing storage pool, click the Volumes link on the Configuration tab. The Volumes screen appears, similar to the one shown below (if volumes are already set up). ...

• Storage Pool – Name of the storage pool this volume belongs to • Active Initiators – Link (such as “4 of 4”) to the initiators for this volume, followed by an Edit button for changing the initiator group assignment. For more information, see Assigning an Initiator Group to a Volume in the Managing...

4. Specify the capacity for the volume in GB. The minimum size is 1GB, and values may be entered to two decimal places. The default is the maximum size of the pool, so make sure you set the size to a smaller amount if you don’t want the volume to use all the available space. 5. If clustering has bee...

EDITING OR DELETING A VOLUME To edit the name of a volume, 1. Make sure no initiators have access to the volume in question. To take a volume offline, click Edit in the Active Initiators column and remove all initiator access. 2. Click the Edit button to the right of the Volume Name (first column). ...

Managing Initiators _____________________________________________________________________ Initiator nodes are computers that can gain access to ION Accelerator shared storage. You can create, edit and remove initiator ports as part of your configuration. To begin managing initiators for the ION Acce...

The following columns are displayed: • Name – Name (identifier or alias) of the initiator. If an alias has been created for the name, it appears at the left. • Status – Online (green icon) or offline • <Identifier> – WWPN or IQN for the initiator port • Volumes – Number of volumes that are cur...

2. If you are creating a new initiator group, type its name in the “Group name” field. Do not use spaces in the initiator group name, as that may cause problems with group creation. Or If you are assigning an initiator to an existing group, use the drop-down menu in the “Initiator group” field to se...

Select an initiator group from the Initiator Group list. To avoid confusion, use a different naming scheme for initiators and groups, so you can easily tell them apart and not unintentionally alter one or the other. 4. Select the block size appropriate for your application. Block size for most appli...

ADDING INDIVIDUAL INITIATORS To add a single initiator to an ION Accelerator node, 1. Click the Add Initiator link. The Add Initiator dialog appears, with the first field as WWPN for Fibre Channel, or IQN for iSCSI: 2. Specify the port address. This is the WWPN or IQN. 3. Optionally specify a name f...

Viewing Targets _____________________________________________________________________ Targets are accessible ports on the ION Accelerator appliance that can be used to attach directly to host interface ports or network switches. To view targets in the storage pool, click Targets . The Targets screen...

The following columns are displayed: • Name of the target. This is the same as the Identifier filed, unless it is modified. • Target Port – Lists the port number • Status – Online (green icon) or “Host Offline” • Link Speed – Data transfer rate of the link, in GB/sec • <Identifier> – WWPN for ...

Managing ioMemory _____________________________________________________________________ You can manage the individual ioMemory devices in your host appliance by using the ioSphere GUI. To do so, click the ioMemory link in the Configuration screen. The ioMemory window appears, similar to the one show...

• Status – Real-time information on the read and write performance of the device, in MB/sec. If the device is unavailable, the Status is indicated as “Host Offline”. A red icon indicates an error condition; you can click the icon to view the Alert information. • Hostname – Link to the ioMemory Confi...

The shaded area at the left of the screen identifies the drives in your ION Accelerator appliance, by ioMemory device serial number. In the example above, bracketed pairs represent drives on the same controller. Information for the selected ioMemory module is shown in the main area of the screen: • ...

COLUMNS AND SEARCH (IOMEMORY) The default columns for the ioMemory screen are shown to the right. To change the columns that are displayed, click the Columns link and clear or check the boxes as desired. Then click Update Columns to save the changes. You can also use the basic Search feature and the...

Getting Host Information _____________________________________________________________________ To get information about ION Accelerator hosts (target system nodes), click the Hosts link in the Configuration screen. A sample Hosts screen is shown below. The following columns are displayed: • Hostname...

HOST CONFIGURATION DETAILS To get more information about a host, click its Hostname link to display a Host Configuration screen. The following fields are available: • ioMemory Modules (left pane) – See the ioMemory Configuration section for details. • Monitor Chassis – This link connects to a chassi...

1. Make sure you have read the warning statement in the dialog. 2. Select the type of shutdown you want: shut down and halt, or shut down and restart. 3. Click Confirm . If the host is part of a cluster, a dialog similar to the following one appears: 1. Make sure you have read the warning statement ...

Managing Clusters In HA Configurations _____________________________________________________________________ For effective HA configuration, it is highly recommended that your storage pool profile be set to “Maximum Performance”. See Storage Profile Types in the Setting up Storage section for detail...

COLUMNS AND SEARCH (HA) The default columns for the HA version of the ioMemory screen are shown below. To change the columns that are displayed, click the Columns link and clear or check the boxes as desired. Then click Update Columns to save the changes. You can also use the basic Search feature an...

Monitoring ION Accelerator Performance _____________________________________________________________________ ION Accelerator provides powerful, easy-to-use performance monitoring tools to help you analyze the effectiveness of your system. The main performance tools are • Performance Graphs (Overview...

ION Accelerator Performance – Operations (IOPS) When you switch between ioMemory modules or network adapters, the software will pause to regenerate the performance data. Interpreting Performance Figures The performance figures viewed in ION Accelerator based directly on the number of reads and write...

• Reserve Space – Indicates how much reserve space is available on the ioMemory device. 100% means the maximum reserve allocated at format time is available; 0% means no reserve space is available. To switch to IOPS monitoring, click the Operations box. An Operations (IOPS) view is shown below: View...

The following performance statistics are aggregated for all selected ioMemory modules: • Live data • Live operations • Current RAM • Peak RAM Performance statistics for PBW Endurance and Reserve Space are averaged for all selected ioMemory modules: Temperature corresponds to the highest value found ...

The following performance metrics are captured: • Results graph – Shows the statistics (IOPS, bandwidth, data/endurance, or temperature) for the date range • Operations summary – Shows the average read and write IOPS (or bandwidth). Click the summary rectangle to display the IOPS or bandwidth detail...

The software generates a performance report for the date range you selected. To exit the Reports access tab, click the Configuration tab. Data and Endurance Report A sample Data and Endurance report is shown below. It displays the data volume (MB/sec, read and write) over the report date range. An e...

Handling ION Accelerator Alerts _____________________________________________________________________ ION Accelerator generates alerts in the GUI to notify you of potential performance issues. If there are active alerts, the Alerts icon in the Task Bar (circled below) pulsates to notify you, until y...

The following columns are available in the Results table: • Type – Type of alert: Informational, Warning, or Error • Summary – Description of the problem that caused the alert • Item – Detailed information on the alert item • Hostname – Name of the host server where the alerts occurred • Time Report...

• Creator – Fusion-io (system-generated alerts) or the username who created the alert rule • Enabled – True if the alert rule is enabled; False otherwise. • User can archive – True or False. This will be True for active alerts that originated from a user rule or a failed command, and false for all o...

Configuring ION Accelerator Settings _____________________________________________________________________ The Settings tab enables you to configure a wide variety of settings for your ION Accelerator software. Click the left-hand link for the type of setting you want to configure. The groups are Ap...

APPLICATION The Application menu features links that help users manage access to the ION Accelerator software. Network The Network settings screen below shows a variety of network information for each port in the ION Accelerator host. (Edit buttons are visible only to administrators.) At the top of ...

• Port Address – MAC address of the node port • Subnet Mask – Click Edit to change the subnet mask address. • Mode – Management, iSCSI, or Cluster. Click Edit to switch between Management and Cluster modes. • MTU – Maximum Transmission Unit size: 1,500 or 9,000 bytes • Link Speed – Data transmission...

• Port – By default, the port is set to 443; you can change the port depending on your requirements • Pre-configured SSL Certificate (less secure) – A pre-configured certificate is provided but will result in "untrusted certificate" messages. It is less secure than using a certificate made s...

You can click the “View search results” link to see the results in the ioMemory screen. To delete a saved search (but not its devices), 1. Click the Delete link. A Delete confirmation message appears: 2. Click Confirm to complete the deletion. A success message appears: To delete another user’s sear...

1. Click Change Password . 2. Type the old password and new password, and then confirm the new password. 3. Click Save Changes . If you change another user's password, you do not need to enter the old password, and you must be an ION Accelerator Admin. However, when you change the admin's account pa...

Identity Providers (LDAP) Currently, ION Accelerator supports internal identities and LDAP identity providers: To add or change internal identities for ION Accelerator, click the Internal Identities link. The Local Accounts screen appears, where you can add or change internal accounts. See Local Acc...

8. Click Add Alert to add the alert rule. Editing and Deleting Custom Alert Rules • To edit a custom rule entry, click the Rule link. • To delete a custom rule entry, click on the Delete link next to the Rule. Only custom rules can be modified and deleted; you cannot change system rules. SMTP Server...

7. You can click the “Download MIB files” to download a .zip file containing the main .MIB file ( fioIoDimm.MIB ) and supporting files to your default download folder. The fioIoDimm.MIB file is discussed in Appendix D: SNMP MIB Information . 8. Click Save Changes . Subscribers ION Accelerator can se...

4. If you want to notify this subscriber when an alert is set or cleared, check the corresponding box under “Notify when Set and Cleared”. When the “Set” box is selected, the “Cleared” box can also be selected. Editing and Deleting Subscribers In the Subscribers page, • To edit a subscriber, click t...

Customer Support _____________________________________________________________________ Please register for Customer Support at http://support.fusionio.com . Support is then available via e-mail at: [email protected] or by phone at: 877.816.5740 (U.S.) or +1.801.424.5474 (International) More informat...

Glossary of Terms _____________________________________________________________________ Host – Generally refers to an independent machine that may or may not contain ioMemory devices. Initiator – An initiator of I/O is analogous to a client in a client/server system. Initiators use a SCSI transport ...

Appendix B: Changing Node Names and IP Addresses ______________________________________________________________________ This section explains how to change the names or IP addresses for ION Accelerator nodes once they have been configured in the First Boot process. For details on using the system:se...

4. Select OK and press Enter . Changing the Gateway IP Address 1. Ensure that both nodes are up. 2. In the CLI, run system:setup lan to display the Setup dialog for LAN configuration. 3. Click the Routing tab in the dialog. 4. Change the gateway IP address. 5. Select OK and press Enter . Changing th...

Appendix C: System Alert Rules and Alert Parameters _____________________________________________________________________ This appendix lists the Error and Warning alerts for ION Accelerator, as well as parameters or attributes you can choose from to build custom alerts. ERRORS Alert Description Hos...

WARNINGS Alert Description Host clock out of sync. The host's clock is over an hour different from the management server's clock. Data graphs may exhibit undefined behavior. Kernel memory problem A kernel memory problem has been detected and the system should be rebooted to correct the problem. Down...

Alert Description Boot RAID has no spares and is vulnerable if a subsequent failure occurs. Refer to the Knowledgebase, User Guides, or Customer Support to correct the problem. ALERT PARAMETER ATTRIBUTES These attributes are available in the Choose Attributes drop-down lists of the Add Rule dialog, ...

Appendix D: SNMP MIB Information _____________________________________________________________________ This appendix describes most of the fields in the fioIoDimm.MIB file included in the ION Accelerator software. For more information on SNMP configuration, see SNMP Settings in Configuring ION Accel...